More than 3,700 agricultural producers will receive barley, peas, red clover and Lucerne by the end of February, while another 3,700 farmers will receive maize seeds in March 2015. This will be the timely support for the spring cropping season, which will aim the largest group of agriculture families receiving support through the EU Assistance for Flood Relief Programme. At the same time, more than 120 farming families in Serbia will receive small agriculture equipment such as ploughs, mowers, tillers etc. during next two months.
The provision of grants to more than 250 micro and small enterprises is underway. The delivery of equipment and raw material for restoring of the income generation activities is being conducted during February 2015. Within this lot, greenhouses will be delivered to the selected agriculture entrepreneurs, while equipment and raw material will be provided to the affected businesses.
Ninety-three houses in Obrenovac, Krupanj, Svilajnac, Varvarin, Paraćin, Gornji Milanovac, Bajina Bašta, Šid, Malo Crniće, Valjevo, Osečina, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka, Požega, Loznica, Ruma and Mionica have been constructed, while 698 flood affected homes have been rehablitated in Obrenovac, Krupanj, Kraljevo, Lazarevac, Svilajnac, Trstenik, Varvarin, Valjevo, Mali Zvornik, Ljubovija, Šabac, Bajina Bašta, Šid, Loznica, Smederevska Palanka, Velika Plana, Čačak, Ub, Koceljeva, Jagodina and Paraćin.
The construction works are in the finishing stage on some 30 family houses. This is the part of private housing reconstruction process for the total of some 950 in 30 municipalities funded through the European Union Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme which is well underway. Parallel to this, basic sets of furniture and home appliances are being deliviered to the flood affected families.
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